Migrants held in high-security prison wing ‘attempt mass suicide protest’
Twenty of the 21 young men currently held in Linhó jail after entering the country illegally by boat from Morocco have staged a form of ‘suicide’ protest. None of the
Third firefighter dies in country’s latest ‘monster’ wildfire: all work in forests on hold till Tuesday
A third firefighter has died in the space of just a few weeks as Portugal’s wildfire season shows no sign of abating. Right now the Oleiros ‘blaze’ is still active
British Ambassador takes to Twitter to defend UK’s trashing of Portugal as a ‘Covid-safe’ destination
In an extraordinary development, the British Ambassador to Portugal has taken to Twitter to refute the suggestion that there is a political reason for blanking this country as a safe
Portugal creates world’s first mask proven to inactivate new coronavirus – for just €10
For just €10 Portugal is plugging its ‘reusable MOxAD-Tech mask’ now proven capable of inactivating the new coronavirus for up to 50 washes. The MOxAD-Tech mask has been ‘on the
Immunity testing brings down Portugal’s Covid lethality rate from 3.5% …. to 0.6%
Immunity testing in Portugal – conducted in May and June – showed that roughly 3% of the population has antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the novel strain of coronavirus that causes Covid-19.
Portimão ‘F1 Heineken Grand Prix Portugal’ promises “at least €30 million” for economy plus 5000 spectators
The long-awaited return of Formula 1 racing to Portugal – this time to be hosted by Portimão’s Algarve International Autodrome (AIA) – promises to bring in “at least €30 million”
British bilge trashes Portugal’s summer – comment
Our foreign affairs minister held his calm this afternoon and said very quietly and firmly that the British government’s decision to blank Portugal from its vast and rather bizarre list
Minister says UK “can’t explain political or technical reasons” for blanking quarantine-free travel to Portugal
Reacting to Portugal’s continued exclusion from the UK’s ‘safe travel green list’ Portugal’s minister for foreign affairs Augusto Santos Silva has said “there is no known or even public facts
Air bridge shock: “Portugal doesn’t make UK green list”
After days in which newspapers in UK have been predicting a British government u-turn over its travel blacklisting of Portugal, three Portuguese media sources have broken the news that it
State of the Nation debate: “once there was a country and then … Covid”
Eyes today are on the State of the Nation debate in parliament which has all parties bristling with questions, demands and (naturally) criticism. Explains Rádio Renascença “unemployment is skyrocketing, exports